SCAR Gazetteer Information: Each place can have one or more entries in the SCAR Composite Gazetteer, dependant on its origin. By viewing an individual entry, you may see multiple references to the same place. SCAR uses a more general feature type coding, so each place will, in general, have multiple feature types.

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Name Latitude Longitude Feature Type
Overton Peak (GBR) 69° 41' 00.0" S 71° 58' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 110464 Place ID: 10776

one of the Desko Mountains (q.v.), rising to c. 550m at SE end of Rothschild Island, was named after Cdr Robert H. Overton, USCG, Executive Officer, ODF, 1971 (APC, 1980, p.4).

Overton Peak (USA) 69° 41' 00.0" S 71° 58' 00.0" W Peak
Name ID: 129757 Place ID: 10776

A peak in the Desko Mountains (q.v.), rising to c. 550 m at the SE end of Rothschild Island. Named by US-ACAN after Cdr. Robert H. Overton, USCG, Executive Officer, USCGC Westwind, USN OpDFrz, 1971.

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